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The royal tetra (Inpaichthys kerri) is a species of characin endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Aripuanã River. It is also kept as an aquarium fish. It is the sole member of its genus.

Royal tetra
Male
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Aphyocharacinae
Genus:	Inpaichthys Géry & Junk, 1977
Species:	I. kerri
Binomial name
Inpaichthys kerri Géry & Junk, 1977

The fish was named in honor of Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922-2018), a Brazilian agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist, and director of INPA the acronym for Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, whose field station in Núcleo Aripuanã, Mato Grosso, Brazil, is near the area where the type was found.[2]

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Inpaichthys kerri" in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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